In the reporting from the heat crisis in #NewDelhi, I haven’t yet seen texts about the role the #urban environment itself plays in it, despite the city being notorious for its steep inequality in terms of air pollution, heat and distribution of green spaces. Has anyone come across any such texts, preferably urbanist ones? @sociology @geography
Very pleased to see my new book ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ among the titles recommended by the Working-Class Studies Association!
Kuni A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection by Tsuyoshi Sekihara & Richard McCarthy
A guide to reviving and revitalizing forgotten places and communities through the Japanese principles of kuni
Kuni offers a unique model for the revitalization of rural and deindustrialized lands and communities—and shares lessons in citizen-led regeneration for all of us, regardless of where we live.
Delighted to announce that The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia is out now! The final blog post in the series about the book tells about its contents.
💥 Christmas is coming and my book is coming too! This monthly post about The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia discusses my approach of building a discursive strategy. It explains how I was choosing epigraphs and what books and authors influenced my writing style.
Citizenship, Democracy and Belonging in Suburban Britain
A study of the conditions of being a citizen, belonging and democracy in suburban Britain, this book focuses on understanding how a community takes on the social responsibility and pressures of being a good citizen through what they call ‘stupid’ events, festivals and parades.
The Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Bruckner, the Hutch, the Jackie Robinson . . . these road are named for people. Who were they? The people behind iconic Gotham landmarks offer a unique window into the history of the greatest city in the world. #history#NYC#histodons@histodons#urban
NEW #publication
La ciudad y el territorio en los mapas: sobre la historia de una diferenciación espacial, in: Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica 69, 3 (2023), 481-500, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/dag.850
The article deals with the history of a spatial differentiation that is becoming less and less important in the present: the urban-rural divide. - First signs can be traced in a Paris map of Delagrive, early 18th c.
Wrote a blog post about the front cover image of my forthcoming book on the lived experiences of working-class and wider deindustrialising communities in Russia's major cities. Check it out, if you are interested in #class, #inequality, #everyday politics and #urban space. The book is going to be released by ManchesterUP on 16 Jan 2024. It's based on creative multi-sited ethnogaphy. From time to time, I'll be writing about it here.